Dear ,
i am network engineer & interested in virtualization Vmware. Can anybody tell me from where i can start. i have surfed in vmware site but there is lots of topics i.e Vmware Vsphere, vmware server, Vmware infrastructure, Vmware vcloud, vclient. what are the difference in each them. please tell me.
thanks.
Abhishek
Hi Abhishek,
Welcome to the VMware VMTN Communities.
I will try to explain the differences to the VMware products that you asked and some more:
A good place to start might be the Solutions button on the www.vmware.com homepage.
If you want to try VMware vSphere and VMware vCenter Server then you can get a free 60 days evaluation license.
Regards, Robert
Thanks Robert for replying me. i want to start my vmware knowledge from my Home setup. I have two laptops. Now please tell me what are requirement to setup vmware ESX server & clients. what softwares are needed. How can i download required softwares & learning guides, pdf documents. How can i make lab at Home.
thanks
Abhishek
The best option I think is to install VMware Workstation and run that on your laptops. In VMware Workstation you can run ESXi servers as virtual machines. To test advanced things like clusters or vMotion you need shared storage between at least two ESXi servers. You can make shared storage with running for instance OpenFiler as a virtual machine. This will make a home lab for you to learn VMware vSphere.
Some links:
Moved thread to the Training area, as it is not related to a Community Website problem.
AWo
The Training area is more for discusssions about VMware training, rather than technical queries about vSphere or Workstation.
Is linux knowledge required for Vmware virtualiation?
Linux knowleged would not be required as most of the task in VMware can be done in GUI. If you do have some skill it will be helpfull.
